The Reform Bahai Faith
The Reform Bahai Press
The Reform Bahai Faith is seeking to contact the Heirs or Copyright Holders of Ruth White and Mirza Ahmad Sohrab for the express purpose of republishing many of their books and pamphlets. If anyone knows how to contact the heirs or copyright holders, if they exist, please email the Reform Bahai Faith via the "Contact" link.
The Universal Principles of the Reform Bahai Faith. Baha'u'llah & Abdu'l-Baha. Edited by Frederick Glaysher (Wiki Bio), with a new Introduction and the original 1912 Foreword.
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Paperback: ISBN-13: 9780967042107 - ISBN-10: 0967042100. Reform Bahai Press, 2008. 148 pages. $11.99. USA: Barnes & Noble, Borders, Amazon.com, BooksAMillion, BooneBridgeBooks, Ecampus, Paradoxal, Powells, ReadingWarehouse, Tatteredcover, Target, ABD Au: Booktopia Br: Precomania Ca: Amazon Cz: bookfayre De: Amazon, JPC Dk: Bogpriser, eLounge, Samfundslitteratur Ee: Krisostomus Fi: BookPlus, KirjaSana Fr: Amazon It: libreriauniversitaria, Webster JP: Kinokuniya, Amazon Ko: Okenglish Mx: Preciomania Nl: ABC, VanStockum, Proxis No: Akademika, Bokklubben, Gnist, Sisbok, Sørbok, Studia Nz: Fishpond Ro: Bizcar Se: AdLibris, Bokus Sg, Hk, Id, My, Th: AcmaMall Tw: KingStone UK: Amazon (ships worldwide), AbeBooks, Alibris, Blackwell, Eruditor, PickABook, Waterstones, WHSmith, Tesco Za: Loot, Take2
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Hardcover: ISBN-13: 9780967042138 - ISBN-10: 0967042135. Reform Bahai Press, 2008. 148 pages. $19.99. (Navy Blue, with gold stamping on spine). USA:
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The Universal Principles of the Reform Bahai Faith. Baha'u'llah & Abdu'l-Baha. Edited by Frederick Glaysher (Wiki Bio), with a new Introduction and the original 1912 Foreword.The Universal Principles of the Reform Bahai Faith collects many of the early writings of Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha, published in the West, seeking to restore and preserve their vision of the oneness of God, humanity, and all religions.
In addition to all of the 1912 Universal Principles of the Bahai Movement, the book includes Baha'u'llah's Arabic Hidden Words, selections known as the Spirit of the Age, an address by Abdu'l-Baha at the Friends' Meeting House in London in 1913, and many Bahai prayers for community and individual worship and meditation.
Though beginning in 2004, the Reform Bahai Faith traces its origin to the early Bahais Ruth White, Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, and Julie Chanler, who sought to preserve the Teachings of Abdu'l-Baha after his passing in 1921. They and other early American Bahais understood the Bahai Faith was being turned into an oppressive organization, under what the British Museum document expert Dr. C. Ainsworth Mitchell judged to be a fraudulent will and testament. Baha'u'llah, the Founder of the Bahai Faith, believed in and taught a moderate, universal religion, grounded in a separation of church and state, not a theocracy, and members of the Reform Bahai Faith seek to recover and renew that saving vision for all humanity.
The newcomer to the Bahai Teachings will find here a brief but eloquent and inspiring introduction to the Faith of Baha'u'llah, while people already familiar with it will find a refreshing breeze has returned to revivify and uplift the spirit.
This book marks the first publication of the Reform Bahai Press, which will publish several more titles during the next few years.
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Use Links above.Letters from the American Desert: Signposts of a Journey, A Vision.
Frederick Glaysher. ISBN: 9780967042114. 0967042119. Hardcover. Preface. Earthrise Press, 2008. 172 pages. $19.99.
Frederick Glaysher invokes a global vision beyond the prevailing conceptions entrenched in postmodernism and postmodernity.
In Letters from the American Desert, Glaysher reflects on the cultural, political, and religious history of Western and non-Western civilizations, pondering the dilemmas of postmodernity, in a compelling struggle for spiritual knowledge and truth. Fully cognizant of the relativism and nihilism of modern life, Glaysher finds a deeper meaning and purpose for the individual and the world community in the writings and global vision of Baha'u'llah, as expressed in the Reform Bahai Faith. Confronting the antinomies of the soul, grounded in the dialectic, Glaysher charts a path beyond the postmodern desert.
Alluding to Martin Luther and W. B. Yeats at All Souls Chapel, Glaysher calls Reform Bahais and others to consider the universal, moderate form of the Bahai Teachings as interpreted by Abdu'l-Baha, Baha'u'llah's son, who had spoken throughout the West in Europe, England, and the United States from 1911 to 1913. Abdu'l-Baha's message of the oneness of God, all religions, and humankind holds out a new hope and vision for a world in spiritual and global crisis. Far from a theocracy, the Reform Bahai Faith envisions a modest separation of church and state as the will of God, in harmony and balance with universal peace, in a global age of pluralism.In addition to the letters written to Mrs. Elinor Gaines, an older Bahai from Glaysher's hometown of Rochester, Michigan, during the late 1980s to mid '90s, reflecting on literary and cultural matters, as well as Bahai, the book includes the 95 Theses, On Bahai Liberty, the Reform Bahai Articles, Abdu'l-Baha's Covenant, and book reviews of Juan Cole, William Garlington, and Sen McGlinn, along with other writings relevant to the renewal of the Reform Bahai Faith.
Julia Chanler - Heirs Grant Right to Republish, to Reform Bahai Faith
Friends,
It is with heartfelt thanks to God that the Reform Bahai Faith
announces that the descendants and heirs of Julia and Lewis Chanler
have agreed and signed a document granting the right to reprint and
publish Mrs. Chanler's books and publications to the Reform Bahai
Faith. Much abused, maligned, and slandered by those who subjected
Baha'u'llah's Faith to a fraudulent, spurious will and testament, Mrs.
Chanler's works testify, as Abdu'l-Baha taught, "the conscience of man
is sacred and to be respected."
The enlightened beneficence of her heirs clears the way for the Reform
Bahai Press to publish over the coming years, in whole or in
selections, Mrs. Chanler's From Gaslight to Dawn, her translations of
The Seven Valleys, The Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, other pamphlets
and publications, as well as the 1923 Bahai Scriptures, along with
many of the writings of Ruth White and Mirza Ahmad Sohrab.
This development necessitates a revision of current publication plans
for the Reform Bahai Press. The publication of A Global Testament of
Faith will therefore be temporarily suspended while we reassess our
plans, allowing first for the publication of the 1912 compilation of
the Writings of Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha, The Universal Principles
of the Bahai Movment, and a selection of Bahai Prayers. As the scope
and extent of the growth of the Reform Bahai Faith has increased, so
we must reassess the new possibilities with which we are called to
arise and serve.
The Reform Bahai Press has also been in communication with other
scholars, translators, and writers and continues actively seeking new
works and translations or research from Bahais of all denominations
and perspectives.
Please feel free to refer or encourage anyone you might know of to
contact the Reform Bahai Press via the Contact link on the homepage
for the Reform Bahai Faith or bring their name and email address to
our attention.
Also, rest assured that we invite and seek consultation on these and
any other matters you might deem worthy of discussion and consideration.
With hearts overflowing with joy at His copious blessings,
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The Reform Bahai Press
www.ReformBahai.org
October 17, 2007
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6-27-07
Reform Bahai Press - Four Collections of Bahai Writings Forthcoming
The Reform Bahai Press announces that, in addition to the
forthcoming volume A Global Testament of Faith, it will also
be publishing, beginning next year, four collections of
Bahai Writings--The Universal Principles of the Bahai Movement,
The Spirit of the Age, Abdu'l-Baha's Divine Philosophy, and a
compilation of Bahai Prayers.
God willing, the requests of many members of the Reform Bahai
Faith for the Writings will soon be fulfilled, help to strengthen
and consolidate the believers, and lead to continued and further
growth of the Reform Bahai denomination, restoring, renewing,
and reinvigorating the Faith that Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha
intended for the upraising and unity of humankind.
"The Bahai Movement is not an organization. You cannot organize the
Bahai Movement. The Bahai Movement is the spirit of the age." Abdu'l-Baha
Bahai regards,
Reform Bahai Press
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6-6-07
Reform Bahai Press - A Global Testament of Faith. Forthcoming, 2008.
The Reform Bahai Press announces that its first publication
will be forthcoming in January, 2008.
A Global Testament of Faith:
A Selection of the Prayers and Meditations of Humankind.
Reform Bahai Press. 298 pages.
Drawing from all the religious faiths of humanity, the Reform
Bahai Faith finds God's sustaining Faith in his universal
revelation and call to the human soul to struggle to transcend
itself and the conditions of its existence, to care for one's
fellow creatures, the fragility of life itself, created in all its
divine mystery.
The selections included are from the Bahai Writings,
Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism,
Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and indigenous peoples.
Intended audience: Members of the Reform Bahai Faith
and people of ecumenical goodwill seeking to understand
God's purpose for humanity in this global age. Unlike books
and anthologies that seek on an intellectual level to explain
other religions, the focus of the selections are for daily prayer,
meditation, and spiritual development and reflection--the
spiritual and moral requisites for selfless action in the global
world of today.
Editor, .
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4-3-07
Reform Bahai Press - Seeks New Translations, Manuscripts
The Reform Bahai Faith announces the creation of a new Bahai publishing unit, the Reform Bahai Press.
The Reform Bahai Press seeks new translations of the Writings, especially the Prayers of Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha, and other primary Writings and Tablets of the central figures.
It is also seeking information regarding the copyright status of the works of Ruth White, Julie Chanler, and Mirza Ahmad Sohrab and plans to publish many of their books and pamphlets over the next two years.
All publications will meet professional and scholarly standards, in academic as well as publishing terms, and most are anticipated to be published in hard cover copies with significant print runs.
The Reform Bahai Press is committed to maintaining and encouraging academic and individual freedom of conscience that strives for the bar set by Abdu'l-Baha when he wrote, "the conscience of man is sacred and to be respected" and "liberty thereof produces widening of ideas, amendment of morals, improvement of conduct, disclosure of the secrets of creation, and manifestation of the hidden verities of the contingent world."
The Reform Bahai Press is especially open to considering any manuscripts rejected by other Bahai publishing ventures.
Those interested in submitting works, or letters exploring submission, should use the "Contact" email address link on the Reform Bahai Faith website at www.ReformBahai.org
Please share this announcement on all Bahai newsletters, email lists, and other forums, preferrably in full text, where translators and scholars with ready manuscripts may participate.
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Publisher, Editor
Reform Bahai Press
95 Theses - On Bahai Liberty
The Reform Bahai Faith
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The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions by Huston Smith.
"On a world scale Baha'u'llah's mission came to the same end. Baha'i, which originated in the hope of rallying the major religions around the beliefs they held in common, has settled into being another religion among many" (385).William Garlington. The Bahai Faith in America. Praeger. 2005. c.221p. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-275-98413-3. "Vocal and liberal Baha'is of the type mentioned in this study appear to be an ever-decreasing minority" (184).
Modernity and the Millennium: The Genesis of the Baha'i Faith in the Nineteenth-Century Middle East by Juan R. I. Cole. New York, Columbia University Press, 1997.
"Some contemporary leaders of the Baha'i Faith have given answers increasingly similar to those of fundamentalists, stressing scriptural literalism, patriarchy, theocracy, censorship, intellectual intolerance, and denying key democratic values" (196).
